October 2010 Blog Posts (7)

No language necessary to watch this spooky and fun clip - just click here and make sure you have the sound switched on - but of course you can make up your own commentary or dialogue in any language you wish - or use as a starter for a scary story / poem perhaps? Or maybe design some monsters…

As we approach the time of year where we celebrate conspiracy and plots, thought it would be fun to invent some secret messages of my own using powerpoints motion paths.

This blog post provides you with an example ppt to download and a video explanation of how to create your own messages.

They take a bit of time to set up, but are really good fun to use…

This is a Powerpoint file to play the game of Word Tennis. You can use it practise any vocab in any language. You can use it to practise questions on any topic in any subject.

Download it from here

Hope its useful, Mark

It contains 15 second timers and tennis rackets hitting balls…

Just received this message from Philip Harding at CiLT offering funded training places for primary colleagues to go to France, Spain or Germany for 2 weeks, but hurry - the deadline to apply is 5th November:

Dear all,

If you are aware of any teachers in your authority who would be interested in a funded trip abroad to improve their language and methodology, please do let them know about CILT’s…

Here are some PowerPoints and files to help teach the alphabet in French to KS1 & 2.

It is so important to teach the alphabet as an introduction to the sounds of a language - in French just the names of the letters give you the first 26 'sounds'.

I like to start by teaching the letters one-by-one and asking what the children notice. It seems obvious to us, but some…